Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Red San Remo Runner’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Chrysanthemum  plant named ‘Red San Remo Runner’, characterized by its uniform, upright, broadly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; large decorative-type inflorescences with dark red-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium.

Cultivar denomination: ‘RED SAN REMO RUNNER’.

CROSS-REFERENCED TO CLOSELY-RELATED APPLICATIONS

Title: Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘Yellow San Remo Runner’

Applicant: Luc Remi Johan Pieters

Filed: Concurrently with this application U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/815,611

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Red San Remo Runner’.

The new Chrysanthemum plant is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Bronze San Remo Runner’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,319. The new Chrysanthemum plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant from within a population of plants of ‘Bronze San Remo Runner’ in a controlled greenhouse environment in Staden-Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium in October, 2010.

Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum plant by vegetative cuttings was first conducted in a controlled greenhouse environment in Staden-Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium in January, 2011. Asexual reproduction by cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Chrysanthemum plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions and cultural conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Red San Remo Runner’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Red San Remo Runner’ as a new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant:

-   -   1. Uniform, upright, broadly spreading and mounding plant habit;         moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit.     -   2. Freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit.     -   3. Uniform and freely flowering habit.     -   4. Large decorative-type inflorescences with dark red-colored         ray florets.     -   5. Good garden performance.

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from the mutation parent, ‘Bronze San Remo Runner’, in ray floret color as plants of ‘Bronze San Remo Runner’ have greyed orange-colored ray florets.

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Yellow San Remo Runner’, disclosed in a U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/815,611 filed concurrently. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Staden-Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from plants of ‘Yellow San Remo Runner’ in ray floret color.

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can also be compared to plants of Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘San Remo Runner’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Staden-Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of ‘San Remo Runner’ primarily in ray floret color as plants of ‘San Remo Runner’ had pink-colored ray florets.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Chrysanthemum plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Chrysanthemum plant.

The photograph on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Red San Remo Runner’ grown in a container.

The photograph on the second sheet are close-up views of the upper and lower surfaces of typical inflorescences (left) and upper and lower surfaces of typical leaves (right) of ‘Red San Remo Runner’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations and measurements describe plants grown during the summer and autumn in 17-cm containers in an outdoor nursery in Staden-Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium and under conditions and cultural practices typical of commercial Chrysanthemum production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 10° C. to 25° C. and night temperatures ranged from 5° C. to 15° C. Plants were 5.5 months old when the photographs and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2007 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Red San Remo     Runner’. -   Parentage: Naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of     Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Bronze San Remo Runner’, disclosed in U.S.     Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/066,463. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—Terminal vegetative cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About 14 days at             temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About 20 days at             temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About 30 days             at temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About 40 days             at temperatures about 20° C.         -   Root description.—Fine, fibrous; light brown in color.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching; medium density. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Perennial Chrysanthemum plant with             decorative type inflorescences; stems upright and broadly             spreading giving a uniformly mounding appearance to the             plant; very freely branching habit with about 70 lateral             branches developing per plant; pinching enhances lateral             branch development; dense and full plant habit; moderately             vigorous to vigorous growth habit.         -   Plant height.—About 28 cm.         -   Plant width.—About 59.5 cm.         -   Lateral branches.—Length: About 13.1 cm. Diameter: About             3.5 mm. Internode length: About 1.7 cm. Strength: Strong.             Aspect: Lateral branches positioned about 55° from the main             stem. Texture: Densely pubescent; longitudinally ridged.             Color: Close to 177A.         -   Leaves.—Arrangement: Alternate, simple. Length: About             4.4 cm. Width: About 2.4 cm. Shape: Broadly ovate, three to             five-lobed Apex: Abruptly acute. Base: Attenuate. Margin:             Palmately lobed and coarsely serrate, sinuses convergent to             parallel. Texture, upper surface: Moderately pubescent.             Texture, lower surface: Densely pubescent. Venation pattern:             Pinnate. Color: Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to             N137B. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 137C and             138A. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to N137B;             venation, close to 146C. Fully expanded leaves, lower             surface: Between 137C and 147B; venation, close to 147B.             Petioles: Length: About 9 mm. Diameter: About 1 mm by 2 mm.             Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Densely pubescent. Color,             upper and lower surfaces: Close to 148A. -   Inflorescence description:     -   -   Form and arrangement.—Decorative inflorescence form;             inflorescences borne on terminals above foliar plane; disc             and ray florets arranged acropetally on a capitulum.         -   Fragrance.—Faintly fragrant, pungent.         -   Flowering response.—Under natural season conditions, plants             begin flowering about October 10^(th) in Belgium.         -   Postproduction longevity.—Inflorescences maintain good color             and substance for about three weeks in an outdoor nursery;             inflorescences not persistent.         -   Quantity of inflorescences.—About 13 inflorescences develop             per lateral branch; about 850 inflorescences develop per             plant.         -   Inflorescence buds.—Height: About 6 mm. Diameter: About             7 mm. Shape: Flattened globular. Color: Close to 143A;             margins of phyllaries, close to 200A.         -   Inflorescence diameter.—About 4.2 cm.         -   Inflorescence depth (height).—About 2.3 cm.         -   Disc diameter.—About 6 mm.         -   Receptacle diameter.—About 4 mm.         -   Receptacle height.—About 5 mm.         -   Receptacle color.—Close to 145A to 145B.         -   Ray florets.—Number of ray florets per inflorescence: About             210 arranged in about nine whorls. Length: About 1.8 cm.             Width: About 5 mm. Shape: Oblong. Apex: Obtuse. Base:             Cuneate. Margin: Entire. Aspect: About 45° from vertical.             Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; velvety; slightly             longitudinally ridged. Texture, lower surface: Smooth,             glabrous; longitudinally ridged. Color: When opening, upper             surface: Between 46A and 180A. When opening, lower surface:             Close to 184C. Fully opened, upper surface: Between 53A and             181A to 181B; color becoming closer to 187C with             development. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 185D;             color becoming closer to N186D with development.         -   Disc florets.—Number of disc florets per inflorescence:             About ten massed at the center of the inflorescence. Length:             About 6 mm. Diameter: About 1.5 mm. Shape: Lower 80% fused             into a tube; free apices are acute. Texture, inner and outer             surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color: Towards the apex, close             to 12A; mid-section and towards the base, close to 1D.         -   Phyllaries.—Number of phyllaries per inflorescence: About 24             arranged in about three whorls. Length: About 7 mm. Width:             About 2 mm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Bluntly acute. Base:             Cuneate. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper surface: Smooth,             glabrous. Texture, lower surface: Pubescent. Color, upper             and lower surfaces: Close to 143A; margins, close to N199A             to N1998.         -   Peduncles.—Length, terminal peduncle: About 6.1 cm. Length,             fourth peduncle: About 7.2 cm. Length, seventh peduncle:             About 7.3 cm. Diameter: About 1.5 mm. Aspect: Erect to about             30° from vertical. Strength: Strong. Texture: Densely             pubescent. Color: Close to 148A.         -   Reproductive organs.—Androecium: Present only on disc             florets. Number of stamens per floret: Five. Filament             length: About 1 mm. Filament color: Close to 150D. Anther             length: About 1.2 mm. Anther shape: Narrowly oblong. Anther             color: Close to 21A. Pollen amount: Scarce. Pollen color:             Close to 13A. Gynoecium: Present on ray and disc florets.             Number of pistils per floret: One. Pistil length: About             5 mm. Style length: About 4 mm. Style color: Close to 10A.             Stigma shape: Cleft, decurrent. Stigma color: Close to 13A.             Ovary color: Close to 145D.         -   Seeds and fruits.—Seed and fruit development have not been             observed on plants of the new Chrysanthemum. -   Disease & pest resistance: Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have been     observed not to be susceptible to Rust pathogens; resistance to     pests and other pathogens common to Chrysanthemum plants has not     been observed on plants of the new Chrysanthemum grown under     commercial conditions. -   Garden performance: Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have good garden     performance, are hardy to USDA Hardiness Zones 7 to 8 and tolerate     high temperatures of about 35° C. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Red San Remo Runner’ as illustrated and described. 